| lh | 9ed821d | 2023-04-07 01:36:19 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Long: ftp-method |
| 2 | Arg: <method> |
| 3 | Help: Control CWD usage |
| 4 | Protocols: FTP |
| 5 | Added: 7.15.1 |
| 6 | --- |
| 7 | Control what method curl should use to reach a file on an FTP(S) |
| 8 | server. The method argument should be one of the following alternatives: |
| 9 | .RS |
| 10 | .IP multicwd |
| 11 | curl does a single CWD operation for each path part in the given URL. For deep |
| 12 | hierarchies this means very many commands. This is how RFC 1738 says it should |
| 13 | be done. This is the default but the slowest behavior. |
| 14 | .IP nocwd |
| 15 | curl does no CWD at all. curl will do SIZE, RETR, STOR etc and give a full |
| 16 | path to the server for all these commands. This is the fastest behavior. |
| 17 | .IP singlecwd |
| 18 | curl does one CWD with the full target directory and then operates on the file |
| 19 | \&"normally" (like in the multicwd case). This is somewhat more standards |
| 20 | compliant than 'nocwd' but without the full penalty of 'multicwd'. |
| 21 | .RE |